Sarah Wayne Callies

After a number of small roles on various television shows, Hawaiian-raised actress Sarah Wayne Callies gained prominence in 2005 as one of the leads on Fox's hit drama Prison Break. She parlayed the show's success into supporting roles in the feature adaptation of The Celestine Prophecy (2006) and the thriller Whisper

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian, the wealthy daughter of the high-powered defense attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Kardashian (and the stepdaughter of Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner), grew up in Beverly Hills, CA, and attended an exclusive all girls Catholic high school in the City of Angels. As a young woman, Kardashian worked at her father's music marketing firm, Movie Tunes, then parlayed her entrepreneurial instincts into a successful career as a wardrobe stylist for television programs, magazine photo layouts, and infomercials. She also gained attention in the mid to late 2000s for her friendship with heiress and media darling Paris Hilton. In terms of on-camera roles, Kardashian's resumé sports appearances on The Simple Life and a stint as one of the co-stars on the N network's Beyond the Break series. She also runs her own production shingle, Kimsaprincess Productions, LLC. In 2007, The Hollywood Reporter indicated that Kardashian had signed with the E! network to host her own reality series that fall, in the wake of The Simple Life's departure. Nathan Southern, Rovi

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener ranks with Parker Posey as one of the queens of 1990s American independent cinema. A muse for director Tom Di Cillo (Johnny Suede, Living in Oblivion, Box of Moonlight, The Real Blonde), she is married to one of her peers, the also-underrated Dermot Mulroney.

Vanessa Hudgens

Actress Vanessa Hudgens showed a talent for performing so early in life that she was appearing on-stage in musicals by the time she was eight years old. After cutting her teeth in shows like +The Wizard of Oz, +Carousel, and +The Music Man, Hudgens won an audition for a commercial, which was the catalyst her career needed to transplant her to L.A.

Anna Friel

Although most North Americans have never even heard of her, Anna Friel has long-since established herself as one of Britain's top actresses. Her brash personality and stunning good looks ensure that we'll be seeing a lot more of her in the future.
Anna Louise Friel was born on July 12, 1976, in Rochdale, Lancashire. The daughter of two teachers, Anna was bitten by the acting bug at an extremely early age and found herself on the receiving end of accolades and kudos for her work at a variety of local talent shows. When she was 13, Anna booked her first paying gig -- a role on a prestigious miniseries entitled G.B.H., opposite Monty Python's Michael Palin. This led to a series of appearances on various British television shows, including Emmerdale Farm and Medics, and it wasn't long before Anna found herself added to the cast of the long-running soap Brookside.

Kelly Brook

 

Kelly Brook is a model who hails from Rochester, England. She has appeared in magazines like FHM and Loaded, and she even secured a top-five position in FHM's 2005 list of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World. But Kelly also has a career in acting; she has made television and film appearances in Smallville (2002), The Italian Job (2003) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005). Kelly was formerly linked to action-film star Jason Statham, but she is currently engaged to actor Billy Zane.

Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria started out acting on soap operas like General Hospital and The Young and the Restless, but quickly skyrocketed to celebrity status as Gabrielle Solis on the quirky, critically acclaimed television drama, Desperate Housewives. In 2005, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series. Eva also turned her celebrity into a lucrative modeling career that same year, becoming the 2005 face of L'Oreal. In addition to her acting success, Eva has topped magazine lists at People, FHM and Maxim for her sex appeal and stunning beauty.